Cockpit

[wolcen]

Hi,

Is there a way to switch from the skeuomorphic cockpit view to the uncluttered HUD view that X3 had?

Also, is there a way to manually run up to and use the cockpit (or push a key to go directly to it) rather than it being an animated sequence?

Mods or otherwise.

Thanks in advance.

[Classified: TS/BBR]

Originally posted by wolcen:

Also, is there a way to manually run up to and use the cockpit (or push a key to go directly to it) rather than it being an animated sequence?

The "Remove Boarding Cutscene" mod abbreviates both the return to, & the departure from, the cockpit.

From a station or capship you can avoid having to back to the skunk to click on the door keypad by using [Menu]-[7]-[2], from the Skunk's crew area that's [Menu]-[7]-[1].

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

The cockpit leaving animation is a transition between walking mode and ship mode. Can't do that manually yet, would probably be very difficult to mod aswell.

For cockpits, just visit the nearest mechanic and ask him to "reconfigure the cockpit". There are different cockpit styles, you should have a look at the Hawk cockpit.

[Classified: TS/BBR]

I like the "Crane" cockpit. Not as clean as the "Hawk", but more symmetrical, & the screens aren't too large. Also, the Hawk having the shield, hull, & throttle status up when everything else is down means I don't pay enough attention to them.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

I always stayed with the default cockpit. It's big and bulky, improves the feeling of flying a real spaceship, not feeling like camera/entity flying in space.

[Classified: TS/BBR]

I was always OK with the "Camera in space", because I consider that more believable than an actual window when the technology is advanced enough.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Humanity almost got wiped out by Xenons, and they are still the largest threat.
I wouldn't risk using too much tech either, if I was a ship designer in the times of Xenons shooting/hacking everything they see.

+During the plot, when you encounter Xenons, Argons warn you that they will try to hack your ship and steal info, and they send you updates for your ship computer.
It's as believable as it can get, unfortunately.

[Zloth]

Originally posted by wolcen:

Also, is there a way to manually run up to and use the cockpit (or push a key to go directly to it) rather than it being an animated sequence?

Shift-D will take you into the cockpit. If you would rather not wait for Ren to mosey on in to the seat, then just hit ESC. That works when passengers are burning precious time walking up the ramp, too.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

That's not what he meant - he wanted to say, that he wants to stand up from the pilot chair, and walk around cockpit himself.
Currently you just automatically leave the cockpit when you stand up. You can't stand up without leaving through the doors.
That's what he meant.

[Lino]

You can abort the cockpit enter/exit animations by simply pressing ESC.